NewsLetter
May - June 2010

BVIM Happenings

Monthly Luncheons

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo & Mother's Day on Saturday, May 8 with another delicious lunch from Bryan's Catering. Everyone enjoyed the College of Marin Emeritus Chorus directed by Phil Hildreth.

Happy Fathers Day!

June 12        Noon - 1:45 pm
Menu: TBA
Entertainment:
Bill Barker & Ellen Klegg.

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July Luncheon

July 10        Noon - 1:45 pm
Menu: TBA
Entertainment:
Redwoods Woodwind Quartet.

Board of Directors Meetings
Monday
May 17, 11 am - 1 pm
June 21, 11 am - 1 pm
July 19, 11 am - 1 pm

Meeting are held in the 2nd Floor Board Room at Whistlestop
930 Tamalpais Ave., San Rafael

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Call Suzan or Barbara
at (415) 459 - 5066
for more info on any of these events or to add your news to the next
BVIM Newsletter!

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BVIM Wish List

Donations
Volunteer Drivers
Volunteer Luncheon Caller

MemberNews

The BVIM Board of Directors has elected
Virginia Dziomba
the new Board Secretary.
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On Monday, May 3rd, Anabella Denisoff moved to Arizona. She will remain a BVIM member and promises to keep in touch. Please call the office at (415) 459 - 5066 if you would like her new contact information.

Art Classes
Thursday, May 13 & Thursday, May 20
10:30 am to noon
Marin Art & Garden Center
Sign up early!
There's a 10 - student limit for this class!
415 459-5066.

Book Talk
Sunday, May 16, 4 pm
Book Passage, Corte Madera
Writer and traveler, Susan Krieger, discusses her new book:
Traveling Blind: Adventures in Vision with a Guide Dog by my Side.

Chair Yoga
Thursdays, May 20 - June 24
2:15 pm-3:15 pm
Jackson Café, Whistlestop
$5 per class

Memorial Day
The BVIM office will be closed Monday, May 31st, in observance of Memorial Day.

MemberNews Cont'd

Notary Public
Need the services of a notary?
Whistlestop offers on-site notary public, Rob Ruby,
Thursdays    12:30 - 2 pm
Box Car Room, Whistlestop.
(See Vicky in the Whistlestop office).
While the standard fees are $10 per signature, Rob's fees are $2 per signature.

Support Group Update

San Rafael Support Group
(New time, new room & new leader)
When: 4th Monday, 10 - 11:30 am
Where: Whistlestop Board Room
Facilitator: Larriece Stuart

San Rafael Men's Support Group
(New room)
When: 1st Tuesday, 9:30 - 11 am
Where: Whistlestop Board Room
Facilitator: Jeff Carlson, Social Worker, Lighthouse of Marin.

Novato Support Group
When: 2nd Friday, 1 - 3 pm
Where: All Saints Lutheran
Church, 2 San Marin Dr., Novato
Facilitator: Jeffrey Torrico.

Mill Valley Support Group
When: 4th Monday, 2 pm - 3:30 pm
Where:The Redwoods, Conference Room, Mill Valley
Facilitator: Joan Tollefson

Support Group Update, cont'd

Marin City Support Group
When: 4th Monday, 11 - 12:30 pm
Where: Marguerita C. Johnson Senior Center, 640 Drake Avenue, Marin City.
Facilitator: Shirley Gray

San Rafael Support Group
When: 4th Friday, 11 am - 12:30 pm
Where: Whistlestop, Caboose Room
Facilitator: Virginia Dziomba

For info about the Men's Support Group call Jeff Carlson at (415) 258 - 8496
For info about all other groups call BVIM at (415) 459 - 5066.

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HAPPY MAY BRITHDAYS!
Jean LaFond, Howie Herrin, Rich Oettel, Pat Patterson, Sonia Fox, Helen Campos.

HAPPY JUNE BRITHDAYS!
Ruth Goerndt, Rachel Campbell, Olga Larson, Kathy Hazard.

BVIM Co-founder,
Mercy Smith

In June of 1974, Mercy Smith and Dorothy Chin, (with help from Rose Gottmer from Guide Dogs for the Blind, Sister Margaret from Catholic Social Services, and Talking Books) used a list of Talking Book recipients as a calling list, and invited all on the list to a support group for low-vision Marin residents. This was the first meeting of BVIM. It was held at the newly opened Martinelli House in San Rafael.

Early BVIM volunteers and members were: Dick and Berta Dressling, Virginia and Charlie Dziomba, Revis White, Rose Schaeffer, Bob Smith and Gloria Dittero. In 1978 Mercy moved from San Rafael to Sonoma where she created a low vision support group at Vintage House.

We are saddened by the loss of Mercy who passed away in February.